Archive for April 28th, 2008
Indiana Voter ID Law Upheld
April 28th, 2008
The Supreme Court today voted 6-3 to uphold the common sense practice of Voter ID in the state of Indiana:
The law “is amply justified by the valid interest in protecting ‘the integrity and reliability of the electoral process,’” Justice John Paul Stevens said in an opinion that was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy.
Now if only all other states would follow suit it might help restore real confidence in our electoral process.
HT: The Page
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A Shocking, Horrifying and Sad Story
April 28th, 2008
While checking the news, trying to find something that isn’t political, I read more details of the 73 year old Austrian man who had locked his daughter up in a basement apartment and repeatedly raped her.
This happened over a period of 24 years, starting when she was just 18 years old. He had been molesting her since she was 11.
She had given birth to seven of his children, but one twin died and he disposed of it in the family furnace.
One child got sick and she was able to go to the hospital with her, and so her story got out and she got out of captivity.
The monster who is the father and grandfather to her children, and his wife took care of three of the children. Supposedly the wife knew nothing except her daughter had disappeared.
How her husband explained the appearance of children on their doorstep is beyond me.
That’s not the point though. The point is this is not the first case we have heard about coming from Austria, but I’m sure it’s happening all over the world, including our own country.
We have allowed God to be pushed out of our lives to the extent that something like this shocks us but then we hear of another case like it.
Europeans as a majority do not believe in a living God. In America we are hearing the same thing from people. We are abandoning God and we wonder why we are having the problems in the world we have.
If someone speaks up and says he or she is a practicing Christian that person is ridiculed as though he or she has been brainwashed, all the while being told to be “tolerant” of others’ beliefs.
Well, I am tolerant, but I hate to see them go to hell. I also know that all I can do is pray the Holy Spirit will convict their hearts of the sin we were all born with and they will confess Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Jesus told us He was the only way to God the Father. We can’t get to God or Heaven through good works, Buddha, Allah, Shintoism, Hinduism or any other faith that rejects Jesus as the crucified Messiah Who died in place of us. He died so we might live eternally with Him and the Father, which is what God planned all along.
Until and unless we acknowledge God and His Sovereignty we will continue to hear things as horrible as this and worse.
If just one person thinks about this and decides to dedicate his or her life to Jesus, it will be worth every minute spent on this blog by all the various people who make it run.
If you want to make a decision for Christ look on our sidebar and you will see a link to a site called Do You Know?
It will tell you how to be born again, and if you need more help please call a pastor and he will be glad to talk with you.
Insert Foot In Mouth
April 28th, 2008
Sorry , but I do not see the humor in this suggestion from former President Clinton:
Citing President Bush’s recent cameo appearance on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal,” former President Bill Clinton today suggested that his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, might want to appear on a network show, too, “like, I dunno, maybe ‘Wife Swap’ or something, you know, just to mix it up.”
Speaking to a crowd in Evansville, Ind., before the Indiana primary, Clinton said he saw the reaction President Bush got when his face popped up on the video screen on “Deal or No Deal,” and he thought his wife might generate a similarly positive reaction were she to switch places with Sen. Osama’s “very attractive” wife, Michelle, for a week.
“Come on now, who wouldn’t want to see that?” Clinton asked, presumably rhetorically. “Hillary and Barack havin’ to spend a week together as husband and wife while campaigning against each other? It’d be great! And me and Michelle having to spend a week together being campaign spouses, just sittin’ at home on the couch, all lonely, waiting for a phone call from the road most nights, then going on the trail, spending lots of nights stuck with nothing to do in nice hotel suites that have big Jacuzzi tubs and fully stocked mini bars? Oh, man, why didn’t I think of this before?!”
What an odd suggestion from a man who was disgraced while in office in part for his relationships with women other than his spouse. Further, is this behavior we should expect from one who once had the privilege of residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
Some might say, lighten up, this is a joke. My answer to that would be look no further than Senator Clinton replying “no comment” when asked about these latest hair brained comments by her husband.
What anyone does in their private life is their business, but when your wife is running for President, I think you could show a bit more respect for her and the office she aspires to hold.
The President and His Band
April 28th, 2008
President Bush’s final appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner allows him to fulfill a personal ambition (mid-point of video):
What a great surprise for those in attendance. Well done Mr. President.
If you would like to view the first video of the Presidents remarks it is available here.
HT: Hot Air
